This marmalade is kissed with warming spices, and the addition of black sesame seeds was originally to produce a festive jam for Halloween, but it turns out that they actually lend an earthy flavor and snappy texture to the oranges' tart personality.

After days of work trying to turn my homegrown Chinotto oranges into marmalade, I realized that this was a job requiring hardware - real hardware, not the delicate tools of the kitchen. This required power tools.

I wanted to find the perfect balance between fruit and vegetable, something simple so the colors and flavors enhanced each other like Ying and Yang, Popeye and Olive Oyl, Yogi and Boo-Boo, and I wanted children to enjoy the taste too.